Gate-latch



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F. A. HARVEY.

GATE LATCH. No. 327,679. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FELIX A. HARVEY, OF MCLEANSBOROUGH, ILLINOIS.

GATE-LATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,679, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed May 26, 1885. Serial No. 166,739. tModel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FELIX A. HARVEY, of McLeansborough, in the county of Hamilton and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Gate-Latch, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved gate-latch which is simple in construction and which can easily be adro j usted to operate when the gate sags or shrinks.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved gate-latch. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a face View of the frame and slide. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line as m, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line y 3 Fig. 4.

The plate E is provided with the screw-holes B and the projectingjaws O, united by a pin, D, on which the hook end E of the latch E is held to turn, the other or free end of the said latch having the beveled or rounded hook F. The plate A is secured Vertically on the gate G.

A frame, H, is secured vertically on the post J, and in the same a slide, K, is provided, which has a projecting prong, L, and a screw, M.

The slide K has side flanges N, the front surfaces of which are corrugated and rest against the corrugated parts 0 of the frame H.

When the gate is closed, the hook F on the latch E slides over the top of the prong L and catches on said prong, thus keeping the gate closed.

To release the gate before opening it, it is only necessary to raise the hook end of the latch from the prong L.

In case the gate warps, shrinks, or sags, or when the post sinks or gets out of plumb, the latch E cannot catch on the prong L, which must be raised or lowered, so that the latchhook can catch on it.

The screw M is loosened and the slide K is moved up or down and then looked in place by tightening the screw M, the corrugated flanges N engaging the corrugated parts of the frame H.

Having thus described myinvention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the frame H, having the corrugated parts 0, of the slide K, having the corrugated flanges N, the prong L, projecting from the slide, and of a screw forlocking the slide in place, substantially as herein shown and described.

FELIX A. HARVEY.

Witnesses:

B. F. GULLIo, J. E. IRVIN. 

